In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.

You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with.

I have long ties to the women's community.

I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.

Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society.